Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S

Re:Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S by megaman8 on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:15PM (#18847221)

much of the defense spending is hidden in other areas: like Dept of energy, dept of veteran affairs, homeland security, etc. So it's a lot bigger than it looks.

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Re:Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S by tannerwj on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:53PM (#18847792)

Where could I see numbers on this?

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Re:Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S by skh on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:04PM (#18847949)

Isn’t the CIA, NSA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Coast Guard (which is not part of the Pentagon), etc. all part of national defense? You can look up the public portion of their budgets online. The VA should be counted too since it’s a cost of national defense.

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Re:Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S by muzz on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:35PM (#18848369)

Also things like interest on the amount of debt used to fight wars

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Re:Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S by greesil on Monday January 07, 2019 @06:43PM (#18851492)

Probably dwarfed by borrowing required for the tax cut now.

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